The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-10-15
"were YOU present when Lucas wan


Hippodroma when it stood near the
Triumphal Arch and before 1t was
burned down. Lucas, although
Spaniard, was somewhat a tippler.
He had the rashness to enter the
lions cage when excited by drink, and
was torn to pieces by an animal with
which he was performing. A lad OF
eighteen ventured into the Enclosure
and brought out his mangled remains.
He was decorated by the Emperor,
but went out OF his mind soon alter
ward from the mental strain OF the
moment"
do most tanners of wild beasts die
q violent DEATH"
NO. 1t is usually the result oil
imprudence. A smart trainer never
gives chance away. He may, oil
course, get scratched or bitten, but
he is rarely eaten
"Have you known besides yourself
any renowned trainers who have
made u fortune and retired from the
business"
"Why, yes, scores. There is Van
Amburgh and Charles, commonly re-
ported as q victim OF his art, who
died peacefully of consumption in his
bed; and Henri Martin, who had won
renown long before the French histor'
ian oil that name had penned a line
and OF whom all modern masters IN
the art of tanning wild beasts speak
with respect and veneration, quietly
departed this life few years ago at
the advanced age OF ninety, in his Int
tie house at Overchle, q village near
Rotterdam, where he had lived in re-
tirement for forty years, among his
collections ofbutteriies andhis books
on botany"
Then you think tho death OF this
man at Bourges was brought about
by carelessness? Did you know him.
"Yes; his name was Agop Shaninlon
lie was OF Turkish extraction, about
forty years OF age, and belonged TO
Redenbach's menagerle. He was also
the husband OF Nouma Hawa H., a
female lion-tamer, who has since gone
out of her mind, and Is
now in lunatic asylum.
Iagardere, the animal which killed
Agop, is as gentle as spaniel On a
sign from the finger Lagardere would
lie down as ii dead, and suffer himself
to be dragged about the door OF his
cage by the tail. He could be mount
ed like q horse, or sat upon like sofa.
No more docile wild beast could well
he found anywhere. Agop knew this,
and was reckless. He was putting the
animal through its lessons IN q care,
less manner; the lion stretched ltsell
on its side; the trainer sat down NE
usual on it's ribs, when the beast turn
ed up it's head, caught Agop by the
nape OF the neck, and crunched the I'M
fortunate tanners backbone with his
laws. After that Lagardere rose,
threw the body back over his name,
proudly walked the cage with the dead
mans neck still firmly held by his
fangs. A boy, who happened to be
inside the booth at the time, raised
an alarm, and rushed to the rescue
with II prong. The neighbors came IN
and the lion was finally forced into an
adjoining cage, whed the trainers
corpse was got out. 1t is clear to my
mind that Agop either sat down toe
heavily or too suddenly on the beast :
side, and with his back turned toward
the animal A careful trainer, how
ever tame the hon may be, should
never altogether loss sight OF his
charge"
who is Miss Victoria, your pupil
She is not English, surely"
''No; she is NJ. Alexiano's wife. Vic.
toria is her maiden name, and we ado
to it the title of Miss, pour la frime,
by way OF parade.
care you acquainted with any Other
female tanner OF ACCOUNT"
"Perhaps Nine. Soulet, better known
by the name OF Nouma Hawa l.. who
was so dreadidlly lacerated at Vervi'
crs in November last, and has now
completely recovered from hei
wounds. know OF nc other worthy
OF being placed on footing with
Nine. Alexiana."
"And how did Nine. SouIet meet
with her accident?"
at was after this wise. The regular
trainer OF Brutus, a young lion two
years old 1.-THE mother OF whom, by
the way, devoured her trainer at Rome
in 1889. being absent, Nine. Soulet
determined to put the animal through
a rehearsal OF its performance. Nj.
Grenier. one of the grooms, was in
the cage when the lion was admitted.
On the appearance of Nine. soulet
with her whip. Brutus flew at hei
throat, tearing part oil hei
lower Jaw away and otherwise
managing her. She screamed ioi
help, and Bonvillant, the principal
keeper, rushed into the cage and brave
ly flew to the rescue. Selling the brute's
Jaw, he forced it to let go its hold o.
Nine. Soulet, who found strength
to escape rom the cage. NJ. Soulet
himself had entered the cage in the